Naotaka Hiro Japan, b. 1972

Naotaka Hiro (b. 1972, Osaka, Japan) lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. He received his B.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1997 and M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts in 2000. Solo exhibitions include Green Door at Herald St, London (2021); Armor at The Box, Los Angeles (2021); and In the Ravine at Misako & Rosen, Tokyo (2019). Recent group exhibitions include Sweet Home at Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York (2021); Spirits in the Material World at Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton (2021); Seven Stations: Selections from MOCA’s Collection at MOCA, Los Angeles (2020); In the Meanwhile... at Santa Barbara Museum of Art (2020); 50+50: A Creative Century from Chouinard to CalArts at REDCAT, Los Angeles (2020); Le Hanger at Maison de Rendez-Vous, Brussels (2020); and Made in L.A. 2018 at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2018). His work can be found in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, among others.